Kindergarten happenings

What a big week in Kindergarten!

 

This week's academic focus was using nursery rhymes already familiar to the kids to introduce the concept of rhyming words, continuing letter recognition and working on being thankful when someone does something kind for us. They even learned a "thank you" saying that they all repeat together to thank the snack person for bringing in snack to share each day.

 

On the more scandalous side, David attended a playground wedding on Tuesday. A little boy from the red table and a little girl from the yellow table realized they ride the same bus home from school so they had to be married. Very big deal.

 

David has truly made a few little friends. He comes home talking about the same 4 kids every day. They are all in his class, most sit by him at lunch and they all play together at recess. Tag, from what I hear, is their favorite game. David also likes to group up with his 2 best boy buddies and have races to see who is best. Macho, manly, boy behavior starts so young. :)

 

The PTO did a small fundraiser this Friday and sold little bags of popcorn for the kids to take home and eat. David bought and brought home 3 bags, one for each Max, Titus and himself. Max very sweetly thanked him and told David he was proud of him for thinking of the boys who had to stay home.

 

I am beginning to feel overwhelmed by school. Everyone told me, nearly promised, that David would be so exhausted and tired from his school day that he'd get home and just crashed. He'd struggle to eat dinner because he was so tired and he'd be begging to go to bed long before the end of the night and I'd have to force him out of bed in the morning. Lies, my friends. Lies. That hasn't happened a single night yet. I dread the hour and a half between picking him up from school and when Dave gets home from work to help out. David is argumentative, rowdy and his bad behavior is off the charts. It quickly works up the other boys and the peaceful home I've worked all day to maintain is shattered, long gone and forgotten. We've tried several different tactics, thinking it's just a more rambunctious  way of showing hunger, exhaustion or a need for attention, but so far nothing has helped. We still ramp up to "Three Ring Circus" level every afternoon. We've even started to struggle in the morning before school too. Hopefully this fades as the school year wears on. I can't keep up like this for long.